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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT RICHARD WVEISZ, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORIQASSIGNOR TO BUDDE &YVESTERMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,723, dated October20, 1891.

Application filed May 28, 1891. Serial No. 394,358. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

' Be it known that LALBERT RICHARD WEIsz, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented newand useful Improvements in Mechanical Movements, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a mechanical movement specially intended forbottle-wash- Io ing; and the invention consists in the details ofconstruction set forth in the following specification and claim andillustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a sideelevation of the movement sectioned along a: as, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is afront view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asection along y y, Fig. 2.

On the driving-shaft A is loosely mounted a hand-lever B, which carriesa hinged dog or pawl a. The dog engages a ratchet-wheel Z), firmlymounted on the driving-shaft. The shaft is geared with the shaft 0, andthis latter shaft is geared with the working shaft D, so that saidworking shaft makes a certain number of revolutionsas, for example,twenty-to one revolution of the drivingshaft, said gears being arrangedas multiplyinggears. Said gears are designated by the letter F. On thework-shaft D is mounted a fiy-wheel c and holder d to receive a brush,

scraper, or other tool c. When the handlever B is moved in onedirection, a positive motion is imparted to the shafts A O D. While thehand-lever is moved backward, the movement of the shafts is continued bythe momentum of the fly-wheel 0, so that a very rapid and continuousrotary mot-ion can be imparted to the tool 6.

The shafts A O D, on which the gears F are mounted, have their bearingin the frame 0, which is provided with suitable hubs P for that purpose.The backward movement of the actuating-lever B is controlled by a stopQ, which projects from the frame.

It will be observed that by the arrangement of hand-lever B, pawl a,fly-wheel C, and toolholder (1, as shown, great simplicity in theconstruction of the mechanism is attained and also in its cheapness, themachine being driven with one hand in such a manner that,

although positive motion is given to the pawl a and driving-shaft A foronly part of each revolution, yet the tool-holder is maintained inconstant revolution, the tool-holder being on the same shaft D with thefiy-wheelC, so that the lever B, driving all the shafts and their gearsby the single movement in one direction imparted to it, causes by itscombination with the fly-wheel the revolution of all the shafts to becontinuous and unin- 6o terrupted. It will be observed that by theconstruction and arran ement shown I am enabled to dispense with onehand-lever and pawl without interfering with the efficiency of themachine. This characteristic of the 05 machine is of value in using themachine in the business of washing bottles, to which it will beprominently applied.

As the movement can be set at work by merely reciprocating the handleB,the Work can be carried on with more convenience and less fatigue to theoperator than if the shaft A were rotated by a crank. As the operatorneeds but one hand for operating the lever B, the other hand is leftfree for presenting articles to the tool 6.

What 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A mechanical movement consisting of the rectangular frame 0, formed withthe series of hubs P and having the laterally-projecting lever stop-armQ, the shafts A, O, and D,

j ournaled in the hubs of the frame and geared together, the tool-holderd and balance-wheel 0, both mounted on the single shaft D, theratchet-wheel b on the shaft A, and the handlever B, journaled on thelatter, having the pawl a and limited in its back-stroke by the laterallever stop-arm on the rectangular frame, all constructed and arranged tooper- 9 ate as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALBERT RICHARD. WEISZ. Witnesses:

WM. 0. HAUFF, WILLIAM MILLER.

